Things that make me happy (Day 6)

[kaaatie]

Day 6 of the "things that make me happy" meme:

+ I'm still LOVING my new found Hard Core Logo obsession, and have been reading excerpts from Hard Core Roadshow: A Screenwriter's Diary (*).
+ I went out for yummy Indian food with some good friends.
+ We had Christmas crackers, and I got another bad joke that I found far too funny! (**)
+ My dad came over and mowed my grass this morning.
+ I got a Christmas card in the mail from sgflutegirl. Thanks hon! *hugs*
+ I found my left over Christmas wrapping paper from last year. (***)
+ I received a message from one of my US tour buddies. Another person from our tour is coming to Adelaide, so a few of us are going to catch up. Should be fun!
+ Tomorrow is my last day of work for the year!

(*) It's an incredibly interesting book. The screenwriter, Noel, seems to be a complete tool. He appears to have a fangirlish crush on Hugh Dillon (which is fine --- I mean, who doesn't!!), but he also seems to have a strange hate for Callum, and makes little bitchy comments against him. It seems like he's jealous of the friendship between Hugh and Callum; it's fascinating that he either doesn't realise or doesn't care that he's showing himself in such poor light in his own book. But maybe I'm just over-analysing the whole thing!

I must add that this movie has killed my productivity! For the last few days, my brain has spent at least 60% of the time thinking about that movie and those characters and actors. It's all so fascinating!

(**) What do you call a man with a paper bag on his head?
Russell.

(***) Usually I put it "somewhere safe", and then can't remember where until a few days after Christmas!

Comments

[kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com]

Well, I was going to just zip the HCL soundtrack for you, but then there was the tribute album, and then the Headstones in general, which leads to the HDRC...so I just zipped it all :P

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9FCODGWY

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee! Thanks so much! That's incredibly nice of you to share all of them. I'm looking forward to screaming along with Hugh!! :)

[bloodygoodgirl.livejournal.com]

Mmm for yummy Indian food.

Usually I put it "somewhere safe", and then can't remember where until a few days after Christmas! Ha! I've done that a couple of times with gifts. Especially when trying to hide it from my mom.

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

My mum has done that with gifts too! This year, she was almost certain that she'd thrown out a few books for my dad. Luckily, she eventually found them!!

[countess7.livejournal.com]

you're totally right about the author of hardcore roadshow - he makes himself sound like an ass - but also, that book launched 1,000 hugh/callum rps fics.

the book the movie is based on is also good if you're interested...

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there were a few passages where those two definitely sounded ... comfortable together. I usually avoid rps, but I think I might have to read some!!

And yep, I've been thinking about ordering the book too. :)

[everysecondtues.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Indian food.

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

*nods* Indian food is great!

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

If you ever want some HCL or Callum/Hugh fic recs, just say the word! :)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Well I am a member of a few communities that have fic, but I'd love to hear which ones are your favourites! :)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

PS That knife scene that your icon is from was far hotter than it should have been!!

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

Seriously!!!! Two local fangirls "made" me watch Hard Core Logo, and when that bit was over I asked "Can we just see that again?". They cracked up and were all "We never watch that scene just the once!".

I haven't read that much HCL fic, but will try to find you links to the ones I've liked. Are you interested in Hugh/Callum stuff? There's a great, long AU that I *highly* recommend. It's well-written, plotty, funny & porny. ;)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Heehee! I've rewinded to watch that scene again too!

I usually avoid rps, but after reading some extracts of Hard Core Roadshow, I can definitely see it between those two. So yes, I'd love to see your Hugh/Callum recs! :)

[china_shop]

*raises hand diffidently* morebliss asked me to add you to my RPS filter, so I have. No need to friend me back if you don't want, and if you want to be removed, just say and I'll do so forthwith. (I read my flist on a filter, so it's no trouble either way.)

P.S. ITA with your reactions to Hard Core Roadshow. Noel is a dink. :-)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Great! Thanks for that. I'm looking forward to reading your stuff. I've only recently discovered Hard Core Logo, and I'm currently loving anything and everything associated with it!

PS Yep, definitely a dink!

[china_shop]

My RPS index (or sindex) is here. And the AU MB was talking about starts here. Just mentioning these because I completely fail at tagging. :-)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links. I just read the first one in the list (Play Pretend) and I loved it. It felt very real... very Callum. :)

[china_shop]

Thanks! :-) (Um, the few after that are a bit iffy because I was still figuring out the distinction between Callum and Billy, Hugh and Joe. So... it gets better again? /dork)

[claudiasharon.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I like the little ***'s.

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

Heehee! *grins*